Re: false positive in ld-version-script.m4

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Simon,

* Simon Josefsson wrote on Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 02:24:04PM CEST:
> --- a/m4/ld-version-script.m4
> +++ b/m4/ld-version-script.m4
> @@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is 
> preserved.
>  
>  dnl From Simon Josefsson
>  
> +# FIXME: The test below returns a false positive for mingw
> +# cross-compiles, 'local:' statements does not reduce number of
> +# exported symbols in a DLL.  Use --disable-ld-version-script to work
> +# around the problem.
> +
>  # gl_LD_VERSION_SCRIPT

Why not
  AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])
  ...
  case $host_os in mingw*) disable... ;; esac

?

Cheers,
Ralf